U.S. Senate · Michigan
Side-by-side comparison of candidate stances on AI hyperscale data center moratoriums, electricity rate hikes, water depletion, and Super PAC funding.
Candidate Position
- Authored a formal statewide platform titled “Terms of Engagement” and “AI Under Control”, calling for state and municipal moratoriums on new data centers to prevent DTE and Consumers Energy from passing transmission buildout costs onto residential ratepayers.
- Demands that hyperscale developers generate 100% of their own power off-grid, arguing that unchecked tech expansion creates a “race to the bottom while the richest people in society make robots that could ultimately end humanity.” (WCMU).
- Frames generative and frontier AI as an existential threat, formally pitching federal bans on autonomous self-improving systems (Hoodline) and algorithmic housing price-fixing.
- Rejects all corporate and tech PAC contributions (Abdul for Senate); personal financial disclosures show no individual stock holdings, with retirement funds kept strictly in non-directed mutual funds (Planet Detroit).
Sources & Verified Statements
“I believe that we need local and state moratoriums to protect people. This cannot continue to be a race to the bottom while the richest people in society make robots that could ultimately end humanity.”
“It's important for forward-thinking, future legislators to be talking about what it looks like to actually stand up for communities and protect them.”
“Data centers must pay for their own energy demand — costs cannot be passed onto ratepayers.”
“Big AI is spending big against me, because I'm for taking them on.”
Candidate Position
- Called for a one-year state moratorium on new data centers on August 20, 2026 (Planet Detroit / Michigan Advance)—announced two days after an investigation by The Lever revealed he and his wife hold up to $2.6M in tech/AI-sensitive assets.
- Disclosures filed July 6 show $100K–$250K in Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT); Blackstone-backed Related Digital is financing the controversial Saline Township data center in Michigan (Rhinoceros Media / The Lever).
- Platform mandates that if a municipality approves a facility after the pause, “every dollar of the generated property tax should go to defray the cost of everyone that lives in that municipality” (Roll Call).
- Approached tech primarily from a national security framework, previously noting in 2024 that “we need trust in the institution and if the easiest way to do that is just ban stock trading...” (The Lever).
Sources & Verified Statements
“I am calling for a one-year moratorium on new data centers until we establish a fair, transparent approval process that puts local communities first.”
“If a community wants one of these facilities … every dollar of the generated property tax should go to defray the cost of everyone that lives in that municipality.”
“We need trust in the institution and if the easiest way to do that is just ban stock trading...”